Stillwater · Mixed · North West / Lancashire, GB-ENG

Cleveleymere

Fishing Lodge, Cleveley Mere, near Scorton - geograph.org.uk - 6450

A 24-acre lake near Garstang within a holiday complex, with a natural inflow.

Poor · Carp
Not the day for it
Good wave on — drift country. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
17% confidence
low-confidence read — verify locally

Cleveleymere is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 18 km/hGentle breeze
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
W 18 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp11.0°C
Air temp9°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1005 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

How to fish it · for Carp
When
Carp are building reserves for winter, feeding aggressively in shorter windows. Warm calm afternoons produce visible fish in the shallows. The season is closing but there are still good days to be had.
Where
Autumn carp on the fly. The window narrows but carp feed hard before winter. Warm, calm afternoons are best — look for tailing fish and cruisers in the shallows. Water clarity often improves in autumn which helps spotting. Be prepared for shorter feeding windows as temperatures drop.
The plan
Plan A

Autumn carp on the fly. The window narrows but carp feed hard before winter. Warm, calm afternoons are best — look for tailing fish and cruisers in the shallows. Water clarity often improves in autumn which helps spotting. Be prepared for shorter feeding windows as temperatures drop.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Caperer should come on through the afternoon as the water warms.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
71%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A good match for Cleveleymere — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Fishing Lodge, Cleveley Mere, near Scorton - geograph.org.uk - 6450
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A 24-acre lake near Garstang within a holiday complex, with a natural inflow. It was a fly-only trout fishery for some fifteen years but is now a natural coarse lake — carp, perch and bream — fished by lodge guests only, with no day tickets. A nearby separate water offers all-year carp fishing.

  • Lake
  • Mixed
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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